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DO YOU KNOW ME? Jennifer Lawrence

plays Katniss in The Hunger Games, out March 23

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Parade.com/celebrity WALTER SCOTT ASKS …

Stana Katic The 33-year-old actress stars as Detective Kate Beckett on the ABC hit Castle (Mondays, 10 p.m. ET). It’s an evil-eye name, to protect you from bad things. You’re 5-foot-9. Have you always enjoyed being tall? I’m the shortest in my family, and it really bums me out! As the oldest [of six], I was tallest for a while. Now, at family functions, they will full-on throw me over their shoulders. You’ve listed ﬂamenco, falconry, and archery as hobbies. Do you still do them all? Right now I’m really into horseback

riding and archery. I used to have a target on set, but they were kind of freaked out I might impale someone. Now I’m looking to build a target range on a rooftop. Do you think Castle and Beckett’s relationship can survive taking it to the next level? I think getting them together

What brand of suit does David Letterman wear on his show? —Matthew Davis, Chicago

Dave goes his own way sartorially. His suits have been custom-made for years, says Susan Hum, the longtime costume designer for Late Show With David Letterman.

soon is pretty justiﬁed. Does that mean it’s going to be roses after that? No. There are fantastic complicaLearn why she walks tions making for great storytelling after this couple confesses their love for each other. an hour and a half to work at Parade.com Ask Walter Scott your questions at personality@parade.com. /katic Letters can be sent to P.O. Box 5001, Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y. 10163-5001.

Q: What is The Nanny’s Fran Drescher doing these days? —Benton, Jersey City

A: The second season

50 in July. Does he still do his own stunts? —Gregory, Lincoln, Neb.

A: Yes, the actor still

plays the daredevil; for

Q: How is Lady Antentebellum’s Hillary Scott cott enjoying married life? ife?

—Anonymous, Orange County, Calif.

A: She’s loving it. “II P Cruise in Ghost Protocol

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feeling that bond for a lifetime,” says Scott, 25, who tied the knot with musician Chris Tyrrell in January. “There is something spiritual and beautiful about it.” As

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the band members settle down, their songwriting is ﬂourishing, sh she adds: “We give ou urselves personal time ourselves too ﬁnd inspiration.”

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also released a children’s book, Being Wendy, “about celebrating your individuality,” she says. To ﬁnd out if she’s thinking of becoming a mom, go to Parade.com/drescher.

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HOW DO I USE SYMBICORT? Do not use SYMBICORT unless your health care provider has taught you and you understand everything. Ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have any questions. Use SYMBICORT exactly as prescribed. Do not use SYMBICORT more often than prescribed. SYMBICORT comes in two strengths for asthma: 80/4.5 mcg and 160/4.5 mcg. Your health care provider will prescribe the strength that is best for you. SYMBICORT 160/4.5 mcg is the approved dosage for COPD. ■ SYMBICORT should be taken every day as 2 puffs in the morning and 2 puffs in the evening. ■ Rinse your mouth with water and spit the water out after each dose (2 puffs) of SYMBICORT. This will help lessen the chance of getting a fungus infection (thrush) in the mouth and throat. ■ Do not spray SYMBICORT in your eyes. If you accidentally get SYMBICORT in your eyes, rinse your eyes with water. If redness or irritation persists, call your health care provider. ■ Do not change or stop any medicines used to control or treat your breathing problems. Your health care provider will change your medicines as needed. ■ While you are using SYMBICORT 2 times each day, do not use other medicines that contain a long-acting beta2-agonist (LABA) for any reason. Ask your health care provider or pharmacist if any of your other medicines are LABA medicines. ■ SYMBICORT does not relieve sudden symptoms. Always have a rescue inhaler medicine with you to treat sudden symptoms. If you do not have a rescue inhaler, call your health care provider to have one prescribed for you.

Call your health care provider or get medical care right away if: ■ your breathing problems worsen with SYMBICORT ■ you need to use your rescue inhaler medicine more often than usual ■ your rescue inhaler does not work as well for you at relieving symptoms ■ you need to use 4 or more inhalations of your rescue inhaler medicine for 2 or more days in a row ■ you use one whole canister of your rescue inhaler medicine in 8 weeks’ time ■ your peak ﬂow meter results decrease. Your health care provider will tell you the numbers that are right for you ■ your symptoms do not improve after using SYMBICORT regularly for 1 week

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WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS WITH SYMBICORT? SYMBICORT can cause serious side effects. ■ Increased risk of pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections if you have COPD. Call your health care provider if you notice any of these symptoms: increase in mucus production, change in mucus color, fever, chills, increased cough, increased breathing problems ■ Serious allergic reactions including rash; hives; swelling of the face, mouth and tongue; and breathing problems. Call your health care provider or get emergency care if you get any of these symptoms

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narrative. For kids growing up in a country that An elite class exploiting the has been involved in military conflicts for the past masses. Children hungry and 11 years, as well as adults faced with deep ecohopeless. These may sound nomic uncertainty, the message clearly resonates. like stories ripped from the Producer Nina Jacobson saw cinematic potenheadlines, but they’re actually tial in the series early on, before the second the plot points of one of the volume was published. Still, turning The Hunger biggest hits in young adult Games into a movie was not without its challiterature—ever. And Hollylenges, including how to treat the plot’s inherent wood has taken notice. With brutality in a way that would not alienate Harry Potter’s wand in retireviewers—or jeopardize a PG-13 rating. “There ment and the studly vampires was the risk of softening the violence or making and werewolves werewo of Twilight soon to slink off into it exploitative,” says Jacobson. “It became my misthe sunset, The Hunger Games, opening this Frision to convince Suzanne that I could protect day, stands poised to be the next multiplex smash. what she had done.” The film is based on the first book of the The story’s unlikely heroine is 16-year-old best-selling trilogy by Suzanne Katniss Everdeen, who lives in Collins. It’s It a dystopian saga Panem, a country that’s risen about teens who must fight to from the ashes of North BY THE NUMBERS the death, and an it has won legions America after natural disasters of avid (some (som might say obsesand warfare took their toll. sive) fans. Targeted to young Divided into 12 districts that aadults when it was struggle with varying degrees published in 2008, of deprivation, Panem is ruled T The Hunger Games— by a wealthy and jaded elite and its seq sequels, Catching Fire who live in the Capitol. Once and Mockin Mockingjay—became that a year, boy and girl “tributes” rare sensation sensat whose appeal are chosen by lottery from each crosses gen gender and age lines. district and forced to compete Some olde older readers swept up in the Hunger Games, an in the phenomenon phe had no event televised throughout the idea the bo books were for teens land and manipulated for (“I did ta take the jacket off maximum ratings. The last one the book once o I found out,” left alive is the winner. confesses Jamie Sylves, 29, When her younger sister, from New York City). Sarah Prim, is chosen for the Games, WEEKS STRAIGHT Sheppard, 23, from WinstonKatniss—who has learned to THE HUNGER Salem, N.C., N.C says her entire hunt with a bow and arrow to GAMES HAS BEEN family, inc including aunts and keep her family alive—steps ON THE NEW uncles in ttheir 50s, read the up to take her place. She is a YORK TIMES books and spent Christmas rarity for teen lit: a strong BEST-SELLER dinner deb debating them. “It was female protagonist motivated LISTS (AS OF FEB. 29) the first ti time we didn’t just by love of family rather than talk about sports or family lust for a boy. Fear not, though: gossip,” she says. There is a healthy dose of What se sets the trilogy apart is Collins’s willingromantic struggle, as Katniss is torn between Gale, ness to tak take on big issues: war, power, sacrifice, with whom she has hunted for years, and Peeta, personal ethics, et the haves vs. the have-nots, and the baker’s son from her district who is also selected the dangero dangerous nature of our increasingly voyeuristo compete. The fact that the heroine’s got serious tic society. It’s a call for holding on to humanity game herself goes a long way toward explaining despite the most trying circumstances—all packthe series’ crossover success. “I really like that she’s aged into a compelling, compulsively readable smart and has battle strategy,” says 11-year-old

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Katniss’s friend and hunting buddy, Gale (Liam Hemsworth), holds her sister, Prim (Willow Shields); Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy, District 12’s only living Hunger Games winner; President Snow (Donald Sutherland), who rules Panem; Elizabeth Banks as the colorful Efﬁe Trinket, who escorts Katniss to the Capitol; Josh Hutcherson as Peeta.

the basis of a four-page outline; her background as a military brat (her father, a lieutenant colonel in the air force, steeped her in military history) surely influenced her decision to write about the human cost of battle. “What Suzanne has done brilliantly is create a series that is a critique of violence using violence to

get that across, and that’s a ﬁne line,” Levithan says. Despite her enormous success, Collins has stayed largely out of the limelight. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two teenagers, turning down interview requests while mulling over her next project; she’s stated there will be no more books in the

series. “Anybody who reads The Hunger Games will not be surprised that she has h no desire to be a part of celebrity culture,” Levithan says. When Hollywood came courting, Collins Col was adamant about finding a team that would preserve her ethos ethos. Director Gary Ross was among many m angling for the plum job, and though he had films like Pleasantville and Seabiscuit on his Pleasantv résumé, he h knew he wasn’t an obvious candidate. As part of his unoffi f cial audition, he videotaped his teenage kids and their friends talking about what the book meant to them. “It was Katniss’s humanity that people gravitated to. This is a girl who fights for survival and finds something she is willing to give her life for,” Ross says. “There’s so much instability in the world. In the face of a very uncertain future, the idea that you can preserve the human part of you, connect to others, and fight for your values is a very positive and uplifting message.” Ross worked closely on the script with Collins, who is also listed as an executive producer. The competition for the role of Katniss was almost as fierce as the action in the Hunger Games arena. In the end, Jennifer Lawrence, 21, won the coveted part. Though she was coming off an Oscar nomination for 2010’s Winter’s Bone, some fans griped that she was too old and blond for the part. The discontent

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Jacob Carey, who lives in Rochester, N.Y. “But what I like best is that she volunteered instead of her sister. It shows they have a strong family.” Despite the violent content, educators have been among the series’ most ardent proponents. Nicole Mailloux, a seventh-grade teacher in Clark, N.J., saw her students ﬁghting over her copy of The Hunger Games and bought three more with her own money. When the reading frenzy continued, Mailloux persuaded her school to buy enough copies for 60 students so she could base an entire semester on the trilogy, even staging a mock version of the Games. “It’s opening kids’ eyes to what’s going on in our society, the control and monitoringg by government using technology and how people are desensitized to violence in video games—issues that at we face every day,” she says. David Levithan, one of Collins’s lins’s editors at Scholastic Press, admits mits that if the plot synopsis had come ome from a writer he hadn’t worked with h before, it would have made him nervous. But unlike J. K. Rowling, who was unpublished and famously out of work when she wrote the first Harry Potter book, Collins, 49, had a track record as both an author of children’s literature—including the Underland Chronicles for younger kids—and a writer for television at Nickelodeon. She sold the trilogy on

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J AUTHOR, AUTHOR! Suzanne Collins has said that the idea for The Hunger Games came to her while watching TV V one night and seeing young people competing in a reality show on one channel and ﬁghting a war on another.

subsided when Collins offered her public support. “I love Katniss,” says Lawrence, who spent weeks in combat and archery training before ﬁlming began. “She doesn’t have a lot, but she’s happy, and she faces death out of love for her family. She doesn’t want to be a hero, but she becomes the symbol for a revolution, a kind of futuristic Joan of Arc.” Lawrence felt a deep connection to the broader themes in the books as well, particularly the pointed critique of the current mania for reality TV. “I was watching the Kardashian girl getting divorced, and that’s a tragedy for anyone,” the actress says. “But they’re using it for entertainment, and we’re watching it. The books hold up a terrible kind of mirror: This is what our society could be like if we became desensitized to trauma and to each other’s pain.” Katniss’s fellow competitor from District 12, Peeta, is played by 19-year-old Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right). Though Peeta has few survival skills and at ﬁrst appears to be the weaker of the two, his inner strength slowly emerges. “Peeta is all about staying true to yourself,” Hutcherson says. “He goes into the Games and does everything he can to maintain what he believes in and not become just another pawn.” Hutcherson has taken that lesson to heart. “Growing up

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